SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE 2023 YEAR-IN-REVIEW

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“The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has a long history of bipartisan cooperation and I am proud that we continued that tradition in 2023. As Chairman, I was honored to lead a number of initiatives that will have a direct impact on the lives of West Virginians and Americans nationwide, including securing the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, bringing a $900 million Hydrogen Hub to Appalachia and reducing our reliance on foreign supply chains by ensuring the Inflation Reduction Act is implemented as written. This Committee also oversaw a record-breaking year for domestic energy production. U.S. natural gas production was expected to exceed 37 trillion cubic feet in 2023, while U.S. crude oil production was projected to hit 4.7 billion barrels last year. At the same time, we installed record amounts of solar power and battery storage in 2023, proving that innovation, not elimination, is the best way we can ensure our energy security while protecting the environment we all love.

I am so proud of the accomplishments that members of this Committee and their staffs helped advance across the finish line in 2023. As I enter my last year as Chairman of this Committee, I look forward to building on these accomplishments as we work to reform our nation’s broken energy and infrastructure permitting processes, continue to monitor implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and ensure that our nation is energy secure and independent.”

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